Remember, with the "x" models, you can have City Select on one memory card and topo on another. Then just swap 'em out as needed.

Am I assuming correct that City Select and TOPO could be on the same card if it's big enough?

Absolutely. I have a 1GB card and I'm nowhere near filling it up. My brother has a 256KB card on which he has City Select and topo maps for most of Pacific Northwest.

The thing to remember is that if you load maps from multiple products, the 60CSx will by default display the most detailed map. This would usually be City Select. To get the topo maps to display when you want them, you need to use the Map Setup options in the GPSr to temporarily hide City Select.

I have never used topo and don't really see the need in this part of the world.

I have topo and quit using it when I got city select. I was very disappointed when I got it.. It seems useless in the metro area. Not nearly enough topo lines. Maybe it would come in handy up in Duluth or out in California.

I have both loaded on my 60. I use topo more often than city select up here. Its nice to see streams and lakes and which side you have to be on them. If I do auto route I let it calcutate the route and then turn city select off. As long as you keep to your route it will still work with topo showing. But if you do go off your gps will go nuts , that is why I will do another find/ off road when I get close.

I have never used topo and don't really see the need in this part of the world.

I use both the topo maps and Metroguide on my etrex legend. I like topo for three reason

1. Topo will show all the forest roads in the arrowhead region of Minnesota.

2. Topo maps allow you to select smaller chunks of maps, thereby requiring less memory. This is an issue on the measely 8MB of memory the legend has.

3. I like finding out the names of small streams or lakes as I travel about, particularly in areas I'm familiar with. When I first brought my GPS to South Dakota when we went pheasant hunting last year, even my Dad got a kick out finding out the names of land features he's seen over the last 50 years.

But you can't beat the ability of Metroguide to find the nearest Dairy Queen!

The only annoying thing about switching between topo & metroguide is sometime it's hard to figure out the name of the map you're trying to turn on or off.

I have the Garmin Etrex Legend C. For my birthday I got the the MapSource U.S topo package. Not using any other programs I like the Topo program very much. Thou some of the map info is not up to date or have the wrong raod names it works quit well for around here.

The topo programs shows a lot of trails that are on County, State and Fedral land. For now my Etrex does the job, but I would like to upgrade ina few years. Having extra cards would be nice so I can map all the diffrent trails around here that are not on the maps..

I have never used topo and don't really see the need in this part of the world.

I use both the topo maps and Metroguide on my etrex legend. I like topo for three reason

1. Topo will show all the forest roads in the arrowhead region of Minnesota.

2. Topo maps allow you to select smaller chunks of maps, thereby requiring less memory. This is an issue on the measely 8MB of memory the legend has.

3. I like finding out the names of small streams or lakes as I travel about, particularly in areas I'm familiar with. When I first brought my GPS to South Dakota when we went pheasant hunting last year, even my Dad got a kick out finding out the names of land features he's seen over the last 50 years.

But you can't beat the ability of Metroguide to find the nearest Dairy Queen!

The only annoying thing about switching between topo & metroguide is sometime it's hard to figure out the name of the map you're trying to turn on or off.

Just turn off all the maps at once, lots easier and faster. On the map page hit Menu/setup map, next hit menu/ turn on/off city select or metro guide

Actually my reason for posting is to point you folks to free topo maps through the MN DNR's Data Deli - they call them Digital Raster Graphics there; you can also get Digital Ortho Quad photos, which are 1 m gray scale photos. No, you can't upload these to a Garmin (dang), but they are great for pre-caching reconnaissance.